[name]Hi[/name]!
I’m not a mother of twins or a mom-to-be, but I am an identical twin, so I thought I’d throw in my two cents for what it’s worth! I think, of the posters, I agree most with [name]Yvette[/name] - for twins, pick names like you’d pick 'em for siblings, but just choose two at a time. Now, there are subtle twin connections - names with the same meaning, names that link literary ties, or names in the same family (e.g., surname names), for example - that I think are more than okay, but I wouldn’t recommend names that look too much alike, sound too much alike, or even start with the same letter, unless all of your children would have names starting with said letter.
So, for example, it might be nice to give twins names with the same meaning, such as [name]Adora[/name] and [name]Esme[/name], which pretty much both mean “beloved.” Or, if your twins were born in [name]June[/name], you could use [name]Rose[/name] and [name]Pearl[/name], two old-fashioned feminine names that just happen to be the [name]June[/name] birth flower and birthstone, respectively. Or, maybe if you’re a bit literature buff, you might want to use two literary character names, like [name]Celia[/name] and [name]Miranda[/name] from [name]Shakespeare[/name].
What I wouldn’t recommend? First off, rhyming names - it should be a no-no for any siblings, especially twins, in my opinion. Now, my family has a history of terrible twin names - my great grandmother, [name]Esther[/name], had a twin brother named [name]Lester[/name], and my mother had cousins named [name]Larry[/name] and [name]Garry[/name], twin boys, of course. I think [name]Larry[/name] and [name]Garry[/name]'s parents had a thing for names that sound similar, as [name]Larry[/name] and [name]Garry[/name] had singleton siblings called [name]John[/name] and [name]Jane[/name], which is basically the same name in male and female form. Wow! So, when it came time to name my sister and I, my mom did not heed the advice of her own mother, who wanted to name me [name]Cara[/name], a twin to my sister, [name]Sarah[/name]. Thanks for not doing that, mom!
That being said, I wouldn’t use [name]Ryder[/name] and [name]River[/name] for twins, and I probably wouldn’t even use [name]Phoenix[/name] and [name]Maddox[/name], unless you wanted to start a -x trend like the [name]Jolie[/name]-[name]Pitt[/name] family! I do think that [name]Ryder[/name] and [name]Maddox[/name] would work well together, though they are both celebrity baby names ([name]Ryder[/name] [name]Robinson[/name], [name]Kate[/name] [name]Hudson[/name]'s son, and [name]Maddox[/name] [name]Jolie[/name]-[name]Pitt[/name], [name]Brad[/name] and [name]Angelina[/name]'s son). I guess [name]River[/name] and [name]Phoenix[/name] would be pretty nice together, as they both have that natural vibe going on - come to think of it, those are both celebrity names, too, with [name]River[/name] being [name]Keri[/name] [name]Russell[/name]'s son and [name]Phoenix[/name] being [name]Joaquin[/name] [name]Phoenix[/name]'s last name. [name]Just[/name] something I noticed! They are fun names, though!
If we’re asking what I’d name twins right now, well, I don’t know that I could say for sure. I’d say [name]Henry[/name] and [name]Nathaniel[/name] for boys, definitely, but girls could be [name]Lydia[/name] and [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Emmeline[/name] and [name]Alice[/name], [name]Alice[/name] and [name]Charlotte[/name], or [name]Lydia[/name] and [name]Emmeline[/name] - all in the same style, but definitely distinct in look and sound.
Good luck to all you wanting twins!
[name]Lemon[/name] 
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